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here are the nine toss upstate, colorado, florida, florida, wisconsin, ohio, virginia and north carolina. it will stick squarely in there. two of our states in the battleground have significant pop layings of people 65 and older. nearly 15% in iowa, more than 17% in florida. folks, that's two of the five oldest states in the union are in the battleground. will that make it hard for romney in those states? and 15.4% of the population in pennsylvania is over 65. with that in mind, let's see how the electoral votes breakdown. if you end up with a big senior problem in the state of florida. let's just go. let's play the game here. give the president florida and give him iowa and it's done. look at that. it is done. he doesn't need any more. if he is able to ride this senior issue. now, if you want to go ahead and say you give iowa to romney because iowa -- because of the fact that it touch's ryan's home state, the president is at 266 and romney has to win everything else. he's got to win ryan's home state. he's got to win colorado. he's got to win nevada. he's got to win north carolina, virg
here are the nine toss upstate, colorado, florida, florida, wisconsin, ohio, virginia and north carolina. it will stick squarely in there. two of our states in the battleground have significant pop layings of people 65 and older. nearly 15% in iowa, more than 17% in florida. folks, that's two of the five oldest states in the union are in the battleground. will that make it hard for romney in those states? and 15.4% of the population in pennsylvania is over 65. with that in mind, let's see how...
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my guest next hour megan mccain, congressman connie mack of florida and florida congresswoman kathie caster breaking down the week for the gop. if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. humans -- sometimes life trips us up. and sometimes, we trip ourselves up, but that's okay. at liberty mutual insurance we can "untrip" you as you go through your life with personalized policies and discounts when you need them most. just call... and speak with a licensed representative about saving on your policy when you get married, move into a new house... [crash!] or add a car to your policy. don't forget to ask about saving up to 10% when you combine your auto and home insurance with liberty mutual. security, coverage, and savings. all the things humans need to make our beautifully imperfect world a little less imperfect. call... and lock in your rate for 12 months. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility.
my guest next hour megan mccain, congressman connie mack of florida and florida congresswoman kathie caster breaking down the week for the gop. if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. humans -- sometimes life trips us up. and sometimes, we trip ourselves up, but that's okay. at liberty mutual insurance we...
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ron, florida, as you know, seems like ground zero for this battle. we've been talking about florida all season. mitt romney was there yesterday. key point, voters 65 years and older. so 23% of the electorate. and is it just as simple for democrats, just to use the line here, they want to change medicare as we know it and seniors run from that? >> well, yeah. it's an important issue in both florida and other states that are very old demographically. there's a lot of upsites for the ryan pick. the upside is, they are going to win if the issue at the end of the day is the economy. jobs, jobs, jobs. right now, the debate has come down to medicare, medicare, medicare. that's not where republicans want to be fighting this campaign. >> ann, this is exactly the point. we were looking at google trends and over the last two days the word medicare in news articles has jumped by seven times. the word economy has gone down by about 70%. this is not what the republicans want to hear. >> i'm surprised it's only seven times. but even if it's not what they wanted to
ron, florida, as you know, seems like ground zero for this battle. we've been talking about florida all season. mitt romney was there yesterday. key point, voters 65 years and older. so 23% of the electorate. and is it just as simple for democrats, just to use the line here, they want to change medicare as we know it and seniors run from that? >> well, yeah. it's an important issue in both florida and other states that are very old demographically. there's a lot of upsites for the ryan...
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you know they all pretty much head for either the eastern gulf or over florida. that means the hurricanes center has got the forecast coming very close to tampa. also, of course, the republican national convention will be there monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, the most significant impacts look like monday night, tuesday morning, with improving kinning thus actual. too early to say the max winds, but almost guaranteed to get rain and wind in the area. my biggest fears is the water temperatures from the keys to just off tampa are like 85 to 90 degrees. that's steroids for these storms. we do not want this storm to go over that region. would rather have it go up the spine of florida than head into the gulf with the potential to get much stronger. that's what we need to watch carefully. all friends from mississippi, alabama and georgia are watching it as well. >>> when the republicans convene on monday they'll likely adopt what may be the most conservative platform in history. it included a human life amendment, which banning abortion without exception, is it pr
you know they all pretty much head for either the eastern gulf or over florida. that means the hurricanes center has got the forecast coming very close to tampa. also, of course, the republican national convention will be there monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, the most significant impacts look like monday night, tuesday morning, with improving kinning thus actual. too early to say the max winds, but almost guaranteed to get rain and wind in the area. my biggest fears is the water...
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colorado, florida and nevada. if latino turnout goes up in those three states, obama wins the election. >> most effected by the foreclosure crisis. most affected by latino unemployment. in the united states, it's 10.3%. in those states it's much higher. at the final analysis people worry about their kids and their kids' future and if they are going to have a job. that's priority number one. >> okay. again, we were noting this entire conversation today because of dreamers. 1.8 million. >> such an important day. >> great to see you. >>> you can catch jose sitting in today for tamron hall at 2:00 p.m. stick around for that. >>> results of races to tell you about. it's a cliff hanger this morning. staerns is not giving up. >>> and wisconsin voters gave a victory to former governor tommy thompson who is running for the senate seat. he defeated three conservatives that divided the tea party votes there. and in connecticut, linda mcman wins against christopher shays. at purina one, we believe small things can make a big
colorado, florida and nevada. if latino turnout goes up in those three states, obama wins the election. >> most effected by the foreclosure crisis. most affected by latino unemployment. in the united states, it's 10.3%. in those states it's much higher. at the final analysis people worry about their kids and their kids' future and if they are going to have a job. that's priority number one. >> okay. again, we were noting this entire conversation today because of dreamers. 1.8...
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florida, just one of 32 states you see here where some time of i.d. is required to vote at the moment and more may soon join. joining me now is gerard bush, chief creative record. thanks for being here. you've written on this very subject of voter suppression or the concern thereof. what's your reaction to that ruling coming out of florida? >> well, it's encouraging. at least to a certain extent. it certainly isn't going to, i think, do anything substantial to sort of stime. >> you wrote about the power of social media and voter suppression. one example we cannot help but think about is egyptian president, hosni mubarak, before he resigned, the votes increased by ten fold. is that the sort of volume you need or is needed to get the word out on voter suppression? >> well, first of all, i think that the word is going to have to get out before the voter suppression actually happens. the grounds will -- i think that's going to be the tipping point in terms of numbers. but what happened with hosni mubarak and in egypt, it was about him not having any contr
florida, just one of 32 states you see here where some time of i.d. is required to vote at the moment and more may soon join. joining me now is gerard bush, chief creative record. thanks for being here. you've written on this very subject of voter suppression or the concern thereof. what's your reaction to that ruling coming out of florida? >> well, it's encouraging. at least to a certain extent. it certainly isn't going to, i think, do anything substantial to sort of stime. >> you...
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the unemployment rate in florida is 8.8%. foreclosures, houses under water, the highest poverty rates in a generation. half of all college graduates are either unemployed or not working in the field that they studied for. college graduates should not spend their 20s in their childhood bedrooms looking up at fading obama posters wondering when they can get out and get on with their lives. the president was recently asked, do you have any regrets? would you have done anything differently? he said, i need to talk more and tell the american people a story. so he needs to do more talking? we need to do better listening? is that the idea here? friends, we have suffered from no shortage of words in the white house. what is missing is real leadership in the white house. the question is this -- if we stick with this same leadership that we had the last four years, how do we expect anything to be different over the next four years? it won't be. and that's why we're giving the country a clear choice. real leadership. that's what the rom
the unemployment rate in florida is 8.8%. foreclosures, houses under water, the highest poverty rates in a generation. half of all college graduates are either unemployed or not working in the field that they studied for. college graduates should not spend their 20s in their childhood bedrooms looking up at fading obama posters wondering when they can get out and get on with their lives. the president was recently asked, do you have any regrets? would you have done anything differently? he...
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he spent time in florida in emergency services. considered an inept federal response after katrina. >> that was a defining moment and bad moment for president george w. bush. there was the iconic picture of him flying over katrina looking out over the window of air force one. that is what the white house and the republicans want to avoid. the republicans in tampa want to make sure they are sensitive to what is going on in new orleans. the tone of the convention as we go forward is important. they already, as you know, shortened the days of the convention. the president has to make sure the white house does not seem to be overtly campaigning at a time of crisis in new orleans. as the president is at least scheduled to leave today for iowa on a two-day tour of college campuses to energize voters who are not as enthusiastic four years as for him, he will have to call an audible and not complete the whole tour if things get really bad in new orleans. >> we are expecting the president in minutes. chuck, what are the chances that the pre
he spent time in florida in emergency services. considered an inept federal response after katrina. >> that was a defining moment and bad moment for president george w. bush. there was the iconic picture of him flying over katrina looking out over the window of air force one. that is what the white house and the republicans want to avoid. the republicans in tampa want to make sure they are sensitive to what is going on in new orleans. the tone of the convention as we go forward is...
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you know, i had my mom, betty, down with me in the villages in florida on saturday. she's been on medicare for over ten years. when my grandma moved in my mom and me and we were her care gives when she was suffering alzheimer's, medicare was there when our family needed it then, and it's there for my mom when she needs it now, and what president obama will not tell you is that his signature achievement, boem-care, raids $716 billion from medicare to pay for obama-care. what's more, he puts this new board of 15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats that he is about to appoint who are required to cut medicare every year which will clearly lead to denied care for current seniors. his campaign calls this an achievement. do you think raiding medicare to pay for obama care and putting bureaucrats in charge of cutting it is an achievement? i don't think so either. next time they get your paycheck, look at the line about payroll taxes. we pay our payroll taxes for two programs -- social security and medicare. that's the law. that's how it's supposed to work. but now because o
you know, i had my mom, betty, down with me in the villages in florida on saturday. she's been on medicare for over ten years. when my grandma moved in my mom and me and we were her care gives when she was suffering alzheimer's, medicare was there when our family needed it then, and it's there for my mom when she needs it now, and what president obama will not tell you is that his signature achievement, boem-care, raids $716 billion from medicare to pay for obama-care. what's more, he puts this...
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he's scheduled to be in florida on saturday. but here's what he also had to say about what president obama is talking about medicare, things that he's not telling voter. listen. >> what i don't think he'll be telling people is that the president took $716 billion from the medicare program, he raided it to pay for obama care. the president's campaign says that this raid of medicare to pay for obama care, which leaves to fewer services for current seniors is an achievement. do you think raiding medicare to pay for obama care is an achievement? >> no. >> well, neither do i. >> reporter: all right. so we do suspect that congressman ryan might touch on medicare again but the campaign says he want to talk about trade and how to bring jobs back to america, particularly back in ohio. unemployment below the national average at 7.2%. a tick higher. back to you. >> of course, that statement made by ryan is something that he supported in his version and budget plan as well. ron mott, live with paul ryan, thank you very much. >>> the candida
he's scheduled to be in florida on saturday. but here's what he also had to say about what president obama is talking about medicare, things that he's not telling voter. listen. >> what i don't think he'll be telling people is that the president took $716 billion from the medicare program, he raided it to pay for obama care. the president's campaign says that this raid of medicare to pay for obama care, which leaves to fewer services for current seniors is an achievement. do you think...
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kerry sanders is at the florida international university of miami where engineers are experimenting with building designs that could with stand wind gusts of up to 200 miles per hour. right in the middle of it, kerry, what's going on? >> reporter: this is unique because i'm in a 30-mile-per-hour wind which is a little less than isaac but this is a controlled setting here at the wall of wind as they call it. i'm going to walk over here and sort of step out of the 12 fans that they have. these fans that are set up are fans that typically are used in mine shafts. the engineers have put them together and now as i step out the engineers inside are going to crank it up to about 150, maybe 160 miles an hour, which takes us back to hurricane andrew here 20 years ago. that was a category five storm. now, what's interesting especially as we consider the republican convention in tampa at the code of uncertainty, we don't know whether isaac is going to make its way there or not, upwards of 60 to maybe 70% of the structures built in the hurricane zone that have not experienced a devastating hurricane
kerry sanders is at the florida international university of miami where engineers are experimenting with building designs that could with stand wind gusts of up to 200 miles per hour. right in the middle of it, kerry, what's going on? >> reporter: this is unique because i'm in a 30-mile-per-hour wind which is a little less than isaac but this is a controlled setting here at the wall of wind as they call it. i'm going to walk over here and sort of step out of the 12 fans that they have....